The New York Rangers got blown out 6-1 at Madison Square Garden by the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. Going into this matchup, the Rangers hadn’t played until Sunday afternoon, and the rust clearly showed. The Sabres set the tone by scoring less than 30 seconds into the contest.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin scored 26 seconds into the game, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves and the Buffalo Sabres beat Igor Shesterkin and the New York Rangers 6-1 on Thursday night. Dylan Cozens, Tage Thompson, Jordan Greenway and Sam Lafferty had second-period goals as the Sabres won for the second time in six road games.

Peter Laviolette opted to pull Shesterkin from the game in favor of backup Jonathan Quick with 6:09 left in the second period after Buffalo’s fifth goal of the night.